The 17th century French statesmen Jean-Baptiste Colbert once said, “The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest amount of hissing.” Washington, D.C., will consistently attempt to pluck as many feathers as possible from taxpayers.

You don’t need to be a Civil War historian to admire the gallantry of the famed 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment.One of the first all-volunteer black regiments formed during the Civil War, it was the unit whose heroic exploits were depicted in the Oscar-winning movie “Glory,” which featured a stellar cast that included Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, and Morgan Freeman.

Trump won by talking directly to those Americans who struggle each day with the socioeconomic consequences of misguided government policies. In contrast, in her newly released book "What Happened," Clinton acknowledges that she utterly failed to connect with those voters.